Tropical Flora

Explore the incredible biodiversity of plants and wildflowers found in the tropics.

Most of my knowledge of tropical ecology comes from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama And Colombia but you will find most of these plants and wildflowers throughout the tropics.

Some of the most exotic ...more ↓

Aechmea haltonii
Aechmea setigera 1
Aechmea strobilacea
Aechmea tonduzii
Aechmea veitchii 2
Alibertia patinoi 3
Alsophila imrayana
Alternanthera ficoidea 4
Amphitecna spathicalyx
Annona acuminata 5
Annona acutiflora
Annona pittieri 6
Annona spraguei
Crystal Anthurium 7
Anthurium crystallinum
Aphelandra sinclairiana 5
Araeococcus pectinatus
Ardisia furfuracella
Ardisia maxonii
Ardisia opaca
Ardisia scheryi
Ardisia subsessilifolia
Aspidosperma darienense
Astrocaryum alatum
Bactris coloniata
Billbergia macrolepis
Brunellia morii
Brymela tutezona
Buddleja americana 8
Buddleja nitida 8
Buddleja skutchii 8
Calderonella 8
Zeugites
Calliandra riparia 9
Long strapfern 10
Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Capparis discolor 11
Capparis panamensis
Carapichea ipecacuanha
Caryocar nuciferum
Caryodendron angustifolium
Casearia atlantica
Spiny Hackberry 12
Celtis iguanaea
Cinchona pubescens 13
Cissus anisophylla
soapbush 14
Clidemia hirta
Clusia croatii
Clusia cupulata
Clusia longipetiolata
Clusia osseocarpa
Columnea consanguinea 15
Columnea hirta
Copaifera panamensis
Costus curvibracteatus 16
Cryosophila bartlettii
Cryosophila guagara 17
Cryosophila kalbreyeri 13
Cyathea delgadii
Damburneya smithii
creeping beggarweed 18
Desmodium incanum
Dorstenia choconiana
Dorstenia contrajerva 8
Echinodorus bracteatus
Elaeis oleifera 13
Giant Horsetail 19
Equisetum giganteum
Eschweilera amplexifolia
Eschweilera integrifolia
Eschweilera jacquelyniae
Eschweilera longirachis
Eschweilera collinsii
Eschweilera pittieri
Eschweilera reversa
Eugenia truncata
Galium uncinulatum 8
Globe amaranth 20
Gomphrena globosa
Greigia sylvicola 17
Guadua amplexifolia
Guarea macropetala
Guarea hoffmanniana
Guatteria tonduzii
Guatteria dolichopoda
Gustavia fosteri
Gustavia monocaulis
Gustavia superba 21
Gustavia verticillata
Guzmania berteroniana 22
Guzmania circinnata
Guzmania coriostachya
Guzmania dissitiflora
Guzmania graminifolia
Guzmania musaica
Guzmania obtusiloba
Guzmania patula
Guzmania polycephala
Guzmania sphaeroidea
Guzmania sprucei 23
Guzmania stenostachya
Guzmania subcorymbosa
Gyranthera darienensis
Hebanthe eriantha
Hedyosmum burgerianum
Hedyosmum correanum
Parrot's Beak 24
Heliconia psittacorum
Hernandia didymantha
Hernandia stenura 25
Hidalgoa ternata 26
Hylocereus monacanthus

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